Florida

Rosewood Massacre There have been many wrong doings over time and while many justify the inhumane acts with “It was just the time we lived in back then”, nothing can justify what transpired in a small town in Florida in 1923. Rosewood, Florida was established around 1845. This town was a very small town located in what is now Levy County. This was a quiet town that began to take notice when a railway was built nearby. This railroad would transport the red cedar tree by the masses to a pencil…

The Affordable Care Act and Florida Since amended in 2010, a heated topic across the country has been the Compilation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as the “Affordable Care Act” or “Obamacare”. The Affordable Care Act has caused a rift in legislative bodies in many states. Some states have accepted the terms of the program including all of its expansion on the health care system, but some have been reluctant to implement the program. One of those…

It is located on the southeastern most concern of the state of Florida. The city is known for its famed beaches and vivid nightlife. It also found itself in recent years at the center of the national conversation for its somewhat frequent flooding. This has led to national dialogue about the topic of climate change among…

Wildfires in Florida are not normal and were partially caused by a weather condition known as “El Niño”. The “El Niño is a periodic warming of ocean water in the tropical equatorial Pacific Ocean” which brought drought conditions to all of Florida (Dolce, Erdman “El Niño: The Facts Behind the Impacts”). Very hot, dry conditions created the perfect scenario for the destructive wild…

Grass, “There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them…” (Douglas) The Everglades are located in the southern part of Florida. The Everglades National Park was established on December 6, 1947. The reason the park was established was to preserve the biological diversity of the Everglades ecosystem. The Everglades National Park consists of about 1.5 million acres.…

articles has three authors, the first one being Leonora LaPeter Anton. Leonora LaPeter Anton studied journalism at the University of Illinois. She has worked for newspapers in Hilton Head, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Tallahassee, Florida; and Tampa Bay, Florida. She has worked for the Tampa Bay Times since 2000 (“Leonora”). The second of the three…

anywhere from the tip of Maine to the Florida Keys. This is time to rewind, relax, and enjoy ourselves. It would be a great bonding experience for the 32 of us, and we’d grow closer as a class and Cornerstone family. So, why not Key West? Many resorts dot the tropical island of Key West. One in specific, The Marker Waterfront Resort. Poised on the pristine waterfront of Key West's historic seaport, The Marker is more than a gleaming new addition to the Florida islands…

Ever since I was a little girl, I was asked “What do I want to be when I grow up?” At first I always used to say a lawyer because of Legally Blonde, but then as I grew older I thought I wanted to do something with animals. I realize now that I could never put an animal down and my heart couldn 't take seeing an injured animal. I’ve decided now that becoming a registered nurse (RN) is the career that I want to pursue. Being an RN is a rewarding career because I will be taking care of people…

Performer and executive Sidney Poitier was conceived on February 20, 1927, in Miami, Florida. He arrived more than two months rashly while his Bahamian folks were in the midst of a furlough in Miami. When he was sufficiently solid, Poitier left the United States with his guardians for the Bahamas. There Poitier spent his initial years on his dad's tomato ranch on Cat Island. After the ranch fizzled, the family moved to Nassau, when Poitier was around the age of 10. In Nassau, Poitier appeared to…

Everglade’s national state park is a U.S park that relies in Florida. It was established in December, 6, 1947. It consists of the largest sawgrass prairie in North America. Everglade’s is also known for the largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere. Also the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Other than that Everglade’s has a variety of animals that inhabit in there. That includes Florida panthers, American crocodile and the West Indian manatee. At this attraction…